Security Concerns
Carve Modern Niche
In Ancient Industry

By
Gwendolyn BoundsStaff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated May 18, 2004 12:01 am ET

In the sedentary world of urn-making, there haven't been many major shake-ups in the past, say, thousand years or so. But a recent ruling from the Department of Homeland Security has created a curious new market that is already being seized by a little-known industry upstart: Renaissance Urns.

Last month, the Transportation Security Administration quietly began asking funeral homes to advise customers planning to travel by airplane with remains of the deceased that they must use a crematory container whose contents can be examined...